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Website Indexing Problem

by Blackman75
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Hi all. I built a website and its indexed but has the following problems:

In google it says Nothing found for Home with the website link below.
The landing page ends up being my About Me page instead of the home page.
On the landing page there is a Error 404 - Not Found right around the banner.

Anyone else had this type of problem building a site and if so what did you do?
#indexing #problem #website
  • Profile picture of the author rahmanpaidar
    Why don't you fix that Error 404 on your landing page to make your site crawlable
    for search engines?
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    • Profile picture of the author Blackman75
      Originally Posted by rahmanpaidar View Post

      Why don't you fix that Error 404 on your landing page to make your site crawlable
      for search engines?
      Because I don't know what causes it or how to fix it.
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      • Profile picture of the author PlotHost
        Originally Posted by Blackman75 View Post

        Because I don't know what causes it or how to fix it.
        If it's a linux server try to use only lowercase for filenames.
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        • Profile picture of the author Blackman75
          Originally Posted by PlotHost View Post

          If it's a linux server try to use only lowercase for filenames.
          It's not a linux file.
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  • Profile picture of the author PlotHost
    404 means that the file does not exist.
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    • Profile picture of the author Blackman75
      Originally Posted by PlotHost View Post

      404 means that the file does not exist.
      Strange. Wonder why that's happening.
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  • Profile picture of the author ronnieavelino
    Originally Posted by Blackman75 View Post

    Hi all. I built a website and its indexed but has the following problems:

    In google it says Nothing found for Home with the website link below.
    The landing page ends up being my About Me page instead of the home page.
    On the landing page there is a Error 404 - Not Found right around the banner.

    Anyone else had this type of problem building a site and if so what did you do?
    Care to share your site here? I may take a look and check if what the problem is.

    Regards,

    Ronnie
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  • Profile picture of the author Blackman75
    Originally Posted by Warock View Post

    Try to use google webmaster tool to remove url and resubmit url.
    Well everything seems fixed now. The page is indexing properly for now. There was still a page indexing with a 404 error (but still with pictures and text) but I realized it was in the trash and deleted it.

    It is still indexing but from what I read I shouldn't us the tool for that because supposedly the page will drop off naturally after a few days. I guess I have to wait and see? I don't know. Anyone have any experience with a similar situation?
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  • Profile picture of the author The Mysterious Marketer
    Originally Posted by Blackman75 View Post

    Hi all. I built a website and its indexed but has the following problems:

    In google it says Nothing found for Home with the website link below.
    The landing page ends up being my About Me page instead of the home page.
    On the landing page there is a Error 404 - Not Found right around the banner.

    Anyone else had this type of problem building a site and if so what did you do?
    Are you using Wordpress for your site?

    If so, there could be a problem with the settings redirecting your homepage to your about page.

    Also, you might have your Wordpress settings set to disallow search engines from crawling your website...
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    • Profile picture of the author Blackman75
      Originally Posted by The Mysterious Marketer View Post

      Are you using Wordpress for your site?

      If so, there could be a problem with the settings redirecting your homepage to your about page.

      Also, you might have your Wordpress settings set to disallow search engines from crawling your website...
      Thanks but no its not set to disallow crawling or the site wouldn't show at all would it? I am using Wordpress, what would I do to solve the redirecting issue? Thanks again.
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